Lilium, a German startup disrupting the air taxi space
Tesla's top investor Baillie Gifford has invested $35 million in Lilium, a German start-up vying to become a major player in the emerging “air taxi” space. Munich-headquartered Lilium made waves last year with the maiden flight of its five-seater electric aircraft, the Lilium Jet. The vehicle takes off and lands vertically, similar to a helicopter, but is powered by 36 electric jet engines placed in two sets of wings
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SpaceX partners up with established space tourism company
SpaceX has now become partners with Space Adventures, a private space tourism company that has already launched a few commercial astronauts into space. This means SpaceX will likely be able to start launching commercial flights as soon as their Crew Dragon spacecraft is ready. the spacecraft is scheduled to take two NASA astronauts into space in a few months.
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to undergo key test launch on Saturday
SpaceX has announced that they will be testing their Dragon commercial spacecraft for the last time before they send astronauts to the international space station before the first time. This launch will involve losing the rocket instead of using a controlled landing like last time. This test is meant to show the rocket's emergency capabilities.
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Boeing to test new 'space taxi' rocket to demonstrate safety to NASA
Boeing plans to test-launch its new CST-100 Starliner spaceship into orbit on Friday. The ship will be used to taxi astronauts to and from space once it is fully approved by NASA. The test launch will be unmanned but the company hopes to begin manned missions as soon as possible if all goes well.
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